Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. In the early seventies, Arthur Shostak accompanied his lover to a well-groomed suburban abortion clinic. They had both agreed abortion was best. But sitting in the waiting room proved to be a “bruising experience.” By the time he left the clinic, he was shocked by about how deeply disturbed he […]
How ever can I explain it? Tell me, where do I begin, To try and justify the cause of just another sin? I remember the day she told me, and the fear within her eyes. I hid my love for you behind “it’s-your-decision” lies. How could I fight a verdict that she so quickly made? […]
by Phil McCombs See Remembering Thomas Phil McCombs is a Washington Post staff writer. ©1995, The Washington Post. Reprinted with permission.
by Wayne F. Brauning, M. Div., D. Min. I have a friend whose father disappeared in Mexico. The loss has been more painful for him than if his father had died in his arms. How can one grieve for a father who has simply disappeared? For that matter, how can one grieve for a child […]
It was the trial of the decade. But the media frenzy over Lorena Bobbitt’s midnight mutilation of her husband John barely gave mention to a core piece of her testimony. She was a victim of forced abortion. Psychiatric experts for both the prosecution and defense agreed: her forced abortion contributed to post-traumatic stress disorder.